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Estonia Rejects Majority of Swedish Prisoners

TEC News August 19, 2026

More than half of the prisoners that were to be transferred to Estonia as prisons are overcrowded in Sweden have been rejected over alleged gang links and concerns about radicalization.

Labour Under Fire Over Early Release of Serious Offenders

TEC News July 8, 2026

The victims’ commissioner for England and Wales and the domestic abuse commissioner have called for a pause to the scheme, warning that promised safeguards for victims have not been delivered.

Belgium Considers Floating Prison as Inmate Numbers Soar

TEC News February 11, 2026

The proposal, modeled on Dutch examples, has attracted interest from private operators but remains under review.

Overcrowding Pushes Belgium to Send Inmates to Foreign Prisons

Rebeka Kis October 8, 2025

Following Denmark’s example in Kosovo, Belgium eyes up the Balkans as a destination for its inmates.

Organizing the Russian War Crime Tribunal Worries the Netherlands

Zolta Győri July 28, 2025

Key concerns include the risk of Russian cyberattacks and the mounting pressure on the already strained Dutch prison system.

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From Bingo to Bars: France Considers Retirement Homes as Prisons

Zolta Győri June 30, 2025

Paris also approached other neighboring countries to rent prison spaces in their facilities to reduce the current strain on the French system.

Dutch Prison Crisis: Criminals Freed Early To Make Space for New Convicts

Zolta Győri June 27, 2025

The current system risks letting some criminals avoid serving their sentences altogether, as their convictions may lapse before a prison cell becomes available.

An entrance of the Remire-Montjoly prison on the sidelines of France' Justice minister official trip in French Guiana on May 19, 2025. On May 17, 2025, Justice minister announced that a 500-place high-security prison would be opened by 2028 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in the heart of the Guiana jungle, to house prisoners serving the longest sentences for drug trafficking as well as radicalised inmates.

New Prison in French Guiana Will Not Fix the Failing Justice System

Hélène de Lauzun May 21, 2025

This is a symbolic and popular measure that does little to hide the general weakness of the French prison system.

French Report Recommends “Exceptional Reductions of Sentences” To Empty Prisons

Hélène de Lauzun May 12, 2025

Such a move would send a disastrous signal in a France overwhelmed by crime.

Tag: prison overcrowding

Estonia Rejects Majority of Swedish Prisoners

Labour Under Fire Over Early Release of Serious Offenders

Belgium Considers Floating Prison as Inmate Numbers Soar

Overcrowding Pushes Belgium to Send Inmates to Foreign Prisons

Organizing the Russian War Crime Tribunal Worries the Netherlands

From Bingo to Bars: France Considers Retirement Homes as Prisons

Dutch Prison Crisis: Criminals Freed Early To Make Space for New Convicts

New Prison in French Guiana Will Not Fix the Failing Justice System

French Report Recommends “Exceptional Reductions of Sentences” To Empty Prisons

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